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It Starts With Us

It Starts With Us

Karen Banting2016-02-18T15:44:33+00:00February 18, 2016|Empowering girls, Gender-based violence, Guest bloggers, How to, Women in media|

It seems to me that as feminists we often shy away from any suggestions of what women can do to improve our circumstances, as though conversations of that nature are tantamount to victim blaming. Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is dismissed as “faux feminism”, and even beloved Jennifer Lawrence caught heat for acknowledging the role she feels she played in the wage gap between herself and her male counterparts.

I get where this resistance comes from, and I know it’s ultimately a good place. As women we’ve spent so much of our lives being defined as an ‘other’ and told that the injustices of the world stem from our inherent inferiority, rather than the flawed world we live in. The suggestion that we are holding ourselves back is uncomfortable, to say the least, but I think it is important to consider.

Leaning In and Reaching Out: Paving the Way for the Next Generation of Women Leaders

Leaning In and Reaching Out: Paving the Way for the Next Generation of Women Leaders

Kate McInturff2017-12-19T17:19:57+00:00February 16, 2016|Empowering girls, Guest bloggers, Women in media, Women’s poverty|

Symbols count. They are a powerful force in the slow contest to change attitudes and expectations. When the newly elected liberal government announced they would have equal numbers of women and men in Cabinet, it reset the world of the possible for women in politics in Canada.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tells a story that illustrates this point. When her daughter remarked on the historic nature of Albright’s appointment, Albright’s granddaughter responded, “So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.” Which had been true in the course of her young life. Those appointments shaped her view (and that of her peers) of the world of the possible.

New Year, New Opportunities

New Year, New Opportunities

Jessica Howard2016-01-12T13:10:59+00:00January 12, 2016|Gender-based violence, Women in media, Women’s poverty|

With the New Year comes new opportunity for progress toward ending gender-based violence and poverty, and promoting women’s leadership.

As we head into January 2016, here are a few of the events, milestones, and developments we’ll be watching for in Canada.

Suffrage Centennial: Let’s start the year with a toast to Manitoba! In January 1916,women in Manitoba won the right to vote and hold government office at the provincial level. Women in Saskatchewan and Alberta won the right to vote later that year. It wasn’t until 1918 that women in Canada won the right to vote on a federal level, (1960 for Indigenous women covered by the Indian Act), but let’s remember that 100 years ago, Manitoba blazed a trail.

Day 13: Illustrating How Emotional Abuse Feels

Day 13: Illustrating How Emotional Abuse Feels

Jocelyne Frank2017-12-19T17:24:46+00:00December 7, 2015|Gender-based violence, Guest bloggers, Women in media|

Controlling behaviours, jealousy, yelling, bullying, threats: these are just some of the aspects of emotional abuse. You might think that if you’re not physically hurt, you’re not the victim of abuse. This is not necessarily true. Emotional abuse can be just as traumatic as physical violence and lead to depression, anxiety and even suicide.

As an illustrator I express myself through my art and in these illustrations I show how a victim might feel in the midst of emotional abuse. It's as though you become a psychological punching bag for someone else's problems, absorbing the impact of threats and trying to dodge verbal assaults that reduce your self-worth. Your mind becomes locked in self-defence; you are 'up in the clouds' – like the women in my illustrations - and no one can really get through to you.

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